The Ottawa free trader., 1887-07-02
Vicinity Items.

south end, ami 2OX6O engine room AT the
noath end. A 80 horse power engine, with
go horse power boiler, will supply the
motive power.
Fox river, which at this spring freshet
was higher than known for 30 years before,
Is probably now lower than II has been al
lany time In that number OF years No
water has been going over the Dayton dam
for ten days or more, all the river belo"
contains being the water leaking through
at the foundations Of the structure. Above
the dam, the water on Wednesday WAS over
a foot below the level of the dams apron
The remarkable flow of artesian water
on the Deuterman farm, q miles this side
of Princeton, draws crowds Of sight seers
A party of Peruvians were there Sunday,
and found the volume of water and pres
sure undiminished. The engineer In
charge of the boring estimates that the
water comes up with force sufficient &c
icarry II seventy feet above the surface, and
this from depth of only fitty.one feet
The water is very soft and pure, without Il
trace of mineral taste.
When the river flowed into the Riddle
stone quarry at Aurora last spring, a large
number of fish we're deposited there, and
nave lODtlUutu W III tlv iiCdi N'ib
waters until few days sinc', when the
water was pumped low by the steam pump
The fish then became distinctly Visible
and after work "Wednesday evening the
men employed In the quarry had grand
fishing party, although no lines, hooks noI
poles were used They waded into the
shallow pool, the bottom Of which was
thick with mud, and drove the fish until
they got stuck In the mud, wAen they
would throw them on shore. About bar
rel of fine bass, pickerel, pike, etc, were
thus captured
The Peru Zinc Co. Is investig eating the
recent find of natural gas at Granville, with
view of using it for fuel In the factory II
the supply proves sufficient.
The Millington tile factory will shut
down on Saturday evening on account OF
the dry weather. The demand for tile has
been very small, the farmers being very
reluctant as to making Improvements as
long as the crop prospects are uncertain.
The Spring Valley Gazette gives the fol
lowing facts regarding the Henning gas
we'll, near Granville: "The iron tubing
from the we'll Is about six inches In diam
eter at the top and three inches at the bot
tom, 1,Ol6 feet down. The top of the pipe
had been plugged up, and an inch pipe In
serted In 1t, with a horizontal piece across
the end From the ends of this pipe the
gas was burning freely At night they
said 1t made very bright light. The con
nections were all very loosely made, and
no doubt the greater part OF the gas es
Icaped without burning Over nine hun
|dred feet of water stands In the tube, and
by listening closely we could hear the gas
come up through the water with noise as
If great bubbles were constantly coming &c
the surface and exploding. Before the
gas was struck the water stood within 81
feet of the top, and afterwards dropped &c
100 feet 1t Is believer q subterraneau
stream was passed through while going
down with the drill, as for time the dir,
made by drilling was carried away as fas,
as made. At a depth of 800 feet they
struck sixty foot seam Of mineral paint
at 400 feet third vein csal, four feet thick
at 47O feet, plumbago, two or three feet
thick; at go feet, Trenton limestone
which is generally supposed to contain gas
A twelve. horse power engine had worked
the drill. The price paid tor digging was
81 50 foot"
On Wednesday evening while trying tc
step from one car to another of moving
construction train near Dana, Philip Plum
kett fell between them. Only one truck
passed over him, but when removed it was
found that across his right leg, close to the
body was long deep cash cut by cal
wheel and the ankle of the same leg was
also jammed up. He died few hours af
forwards at Strea'or
The cathedral glass works which had JUS
been completed at Streator, burned to the
ground between the hours of Z and 10 Nj IN
day morning.
A company has been organized by prac
Itical glass workers to build new bottle
factory at Streator.
Over 1920 has been raised toward the
erection of an Episcopal chapel at Morris
The people of the Bend, Freedom town
ship will have a basket picnic on tn.
Fourth, In Peter Jacobs grove. Hon
John Miller and Geo. W. w. Blake, of OF
tawa, Will be the orators
If anyone had any doubts as to the sue
cess of the monthly horse sale, last Satur
day would have removed the doubt. Hor
ses were brought from all parts of the coun
" and buyers were here from all parts O
the country. Sixty nine head of horse!
were sold and shipped ont, and over $40
600 was paid out by the buyers. The pri
ces were good, ranging from $45 for po
ny to S225 for a three-yearold Norman
colt. From $50 to $3.50 were the rulin.
prices for good heavy horses. The buyers
3 of course. did all they could to get horse
, cheap, but as each man was his own sales
man there was no room for any one to fine
| fault with prices, as II was not q compnl
sorry sale by any means. Saturdays salt
s demonstrated what We have all along con
. tended, that monthly sales are good thini
for the farmer as we'll rs the horse buyer
. IL the farmers as class will only do rs
business man would-hold their horses TO
. the sale dsy-they would make money AM
5 have a regular market.-Pontidc Ere
. Trader.
i The Joliet council has adopted an ordin
ance prohibiting all billiard and pool tai
les, tenpins, and cards In connection wit
i saloons, and all games Of chance on III
streets.
I A Trial bv Jury,
!. That great American jury, the people
4 have rendered unanimous verdict j
favor of DR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgativ
4 Pellets, the standard remedy fer bowel an
r stomach disorders, biliousness, sick heac
}, ache, dizziness, constipation and sluggis